BACKGROUND
To investigate the impact of pre-treatment lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels on the outcome of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with first-line chemotherapy with or without the anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody, bevacizumab, in a phase III prospective multicentre randomized ITACa (Italian Trial in Advanced Colorectal Cancer) trial.
METHODS
Three hundred and seventy patients enrolled onto the ITACa first-line trial were considered for this study, 176 receiving… CONTINUE READING